Opera Magic – Charity Gala Concert

The ten-year-old Three Princes and Three Princesses Movement is like a big family united not by a family tree, but by their common goals. They are the same kind of everyday people as the average opera or ballet fan, or perhaps like their neighbours. They put their hearts and spirits into making sure that there will be as many more little princes and princesses as possible running around in the playgrounds, parks and gardens – to put it simply – around us, where we live in the heart of of the Carpathian Basin. They have organised an entire movement around Hungary’s foremost common objective, so that wanted and planned children can be born. Their founder, the late Prof. Mária Kopp, built her entire life and career around the subject of the family: for her, life and work were inseparable from each other, and it was precisely her tireless emphasis on the subject of the family that connected her professional calling to her private life. For the Hungarian State Opera, it is a great honour to join forces with another non-profit organisation, not to mention one engaged in this most important of causes, using the modest means we have at our disposal to help make sure that the audience of the future is born by organising an Advent-season benefit gala with the active and selfless involvement of our artists, as well as a unique opera programme that specifically addresses the relationship between children and parents.

Soloists: Klára Kolonits, Erika Gál, Orsolya Hajnalka Rőser, Boldizsár László, János Szerekován, Zoltán Kelemen, László Szvétek
Children soloists: Luca Csörgeő and Zoltán Deim
Conductor: Ádám Medveczky
Host of the evening: Szilveszter Ókovács

Featuring the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Children's Chorus.